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| @VVc havealfo Furnaces of great diverfities, aid that keep rear di- Y 
_| “verfityof heats, ferce and quick ftrong and conftant, loft and mildey )) 
| “blown, quictsdry, moift; and the like. But above all we have heats, in ¢ 
| “imitation of theSuns and Heavenly Bodies heats, that pafs divers Inequa- | 
“ lities, and (as it were) Orbs, Progrefles and Returns , whereby wemay ‘ 
produce admirable effects. Befides, we have heats of Dungs, andof Bel | 
‘‘Jiesand Maws ef Living Creatures, andof their Bloods and Pédies; and | 
“of Haysand Herbs laid up moift’; of Lime unquenched, and fuch like, 
«Inftrumentsalfo which generate heat onely by motion; and further,places . 
“for firong Infolations; and again, places uncerthe Farth, which by Na- | 
«turcorArtyield Heat. Thefedivers heats we ufe,as the nature of the ope- |. 
« ration which weintend, requireth. | if at ie 
“VVe have alfo Perfpective Houfes where wé make Demonftration | | 
“of ‘all Lights and Radiations, and of all Colours ; and out of things un- | | 
“coloured andtranfparent, we can reprefent unto you all feveral colours, | 
“notin Rainbows (as itis in Gems and Prifms) but of themfelvés fingle, | 
“ VVe reprefent alfo all Multiplications of Light. which We carry to great 
« diftance, and make fo fharp asto difcern {mall Pointtsand Lines ; alfo alk | 
“ colourations of Light, all dclufions anddeceits of the Sight. in Figures, 
¢’ Magnitudes, Motions, Colours ; all demonftrations of Shadows. WVe | 
«finde alfo divers means yet unknown to you of producing of Light origi. | 
“nally from divers Bodies. VVe procure means of feeing objects afar off, | 
‘asin the Heaven, and remote places; and reprcfent things nearas afaroff, | 
«and things afar off asnear, making feigned diftances. VVe have aHahelps 
«for the Sight, far above Spectacles and Glaffes in ufe. WVe have allo [ 
«Glaffes and Means to fee fmall and minute Bodies perfeétly and diftin@ly, | 
‘€as the fhapes and colours of {mall Flies and VVorms, grairis and flaws’in | 
“Gems, whichcannototherwife be feen, obfervations in Urine and Blood, 
«not otherwife to be feen, WVe make Artificial Rainbows, Halo’s, and 
* Circles about Light. WVe reprefent allo all manner of Reflexions, Re- | 
“ fractions, and Multiplication of Vifual Beams of Obje@s. 
« VVehave alfo Precious Stones of all kindes, many of them of great 
“beauty, and to you unknown ; Cryftals likewife, and Glaffes of divers 
“ kindes, and amongft them fome cf Metals vitrificated, and other Materi- 
“als, befide thofe of which you make Glafs: Alfo a number of Foffiles | 
“and imperfect Minerals,which youbave not; likewife Loadftones of pro- i 
“< digious virtue, and:other rare Stones, both Natural and Artificial. | il fk 
“VVe have alfo Sound-houfes, where we'praife and demontftrate all | ~ 
“ Soundsand their Generation. We have Harmonies which you have not, | — 
«of Quarter-founds, and leffer Slides of Sounds 5 divers Inftruments of | 
« Moficklikewifeto you unknown, fome {weeter then any you have, with} — 
“ Bells and Rings that are d-inty and fweet. Wereprefent{mall Soundsas\ — 
“great anddeep, likewife great Sounds extenuate and fharp. .We make } _ 
“divers tremblings and warblings of Sounds, which in their original are | 
“entire. We reprefent and imitate all articulate Sounds and Letters, and | ; 
“the Voices and Notes of Beafts and Birds. VVe ave certain helps,which | 
« fet to the Ear, do further thehearing greatly. We have alfo divers ftrange } | 
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“and artificial Echo’s refle@ting the voice many times,and as it were tofi ng | 
‘it ;- and fome that give back the voice louder then it came, fome fhriller, | 
‘cand fome deeper, yea, fomerendring the voice differing in the Letters or | 
‘articulate Sound from that they receive. We have all means to convey | 
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